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RBI Key rates

Repo rate- 8% Reverse Repo Rate-7% CRR-4% SLR-22% Bank Rate-9% Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)- 9%

Some Important method, used by RBI to control Supply of Money

o Repo Rate- Repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks generally against government securities.

o Reverse Repo Rate- Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which RBI borrows money from the commercial banks.

o Cash Reserve Ratio - Cash Reserve Ratio is a certain percentage of bank deposits which banks are required to keep with RBI in the form of reserves or balances .

o Statutory Liquidity Ratio- Every financial institution has to maintain a certain quantity of liquid assets with themselves at any point of time of their total time and demand liabilities.

o Bank Rate- The bank rate, also known as the discount rate, is the rate of interest charged by the RBI for providing funds or loans to the banking system.

o Open market Operation- An open market operation is an instrument of monetary policy which involves buying or selling of government securities from or to the public and banks.

Regional Rural Banks

RRBs have been created with a view to serve primarily the rural areas of India with basic banking and financial services.

Regional Rural Banks were established under the provisions of an Ordinance passed on 26 September 1975 and the RRB Act. 1976

These were set up on the recommendations of The Narasimham Working Group. The development process of RRBs started on 2 October 1975 with the with forming the first

RRB, the Prathama Bank. RRB's are recognized by the law and they have legal significance.The Regional Rural Banks Act,

1976 Act No. 21 Of 1976 [9 February 1976.]


NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development)

This is an apex development bank in India.

Headquarter- Mumbai, Maharashtra

Established- 12 July 1982

Present Chairman- Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

NABARD was established on the recommendations of Shivaraman Committee and under National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981.

It replaced the Agricultural Credit Department (ACD) and Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of Reserve Bank of India, and Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC).

NABARD is the apex institution in the country which looks after the development of the cottage industry, small industry and village industry, and other rural industries.

Union Budget 2014-15 Highlights

Income tax exemption limit raised by Rs 50,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh and for senior citizens to Rs 3 lakh.

Exemption limit for investment in financial instruments under 80C raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh.

Investment limit in PPF raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh.

Deduction limit on interest on loan for self-occupied house raised to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1.5 lakh.

Kisan Vikas Patra to be reintroduced, National Savings Certificate with insurance cover to be

launched.

Long term capial gain tax for mutual funds doubled to 20 pc; lock-in period increased to 3 years.

Mandatory wage ceiling of subscription to EPS (Employee Pension Scheme) raised from Rs 6,500 .to Rs 15,000.

Minimum pension increased to Rs 1,000 per month.

LCD, LED TV become cheaper.

Cigarettes, pan masala, tobacco, and aerated drinks become costlier.

New projects 5 IIMs to be opened in HP, Punjab, Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan. 5 more IITs in Jammu, Chattisgarh, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. 4 more AIIMS like institutions to come up in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Vidarbha in

Maharashtra and Poorvanchal in Uttar Pradesh.


Govt proposes to launch 'Digital India programme to ensure broad band connectivity at village level.

Kisan TV for farmers, Arun Prabha TV for northeast. National Rural Internet and Technology Mission for services in villages and schools, training in IT

skills proposed. Govt proposes Ultra Modern Super Critical Coal Based Thermal Power Technology. A project on the river Ganga called Jal Marg Vikas for inland waterways between Allahabad and

Haldia; Rs 4,200 crore set aside for the purpose. EPFO to launch the Uniform Account Number Service for contributing members. New programme Neeranchal to give impetus to watershed development in the country with

an initial outlay of Rs. 2142 crores. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana to generate awareness and help in improving the efficiency of

delivery of welfare services meant for women. Free Drug Service and Free Diagnosis Service to achieve Health For All. Two National Institutes of Ageing to be set up at AIIMS, New Delhi and Madras Medical College,

Chennai.

Rail Budget 2014-15 Highlights

o No new increase in passenger fares and freight charges.

o Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector.

o Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains.

o Plan to hike speed of trains to 160-200 km/hr in 9 sectors.

o Online booking to support 7,200 tickets per minute; to allow 1.2 lakh users log in simultaneously

o Reservation system to be revamped, ticket-booking through mobile phones, post offices to be popularized.

o Online platform for unreserved tickets.

o Combo parking-platform tickets at stations.

o Women RPF Constables to escort ladies coaches; 4,000 women constables to be inducted.

o Retiring room facility to be extended to all stations.


o Battery operated cars for differently-abled and senior citizens at major stations.

o Feedback services through IVRS on quality of food.

o Food can be ordered through SMS, phone; Food courts at major stations

o Cleanliness budget up by 40 per cent over last year.

o CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring cleanliness.

o Setting up of corpus fund for stations upkeep; RO drinking water in some stations and trains.

o Automatic door closing in mainline and sub-urban coaches.

o 58 new trains and extension of 11; 864 additional EMUs to be introduced in Mumbai over 2

years.

o FDI in railway projects, except in operations.

o FDI, domestic investments in rail infrastructure.

o Office-on-Wheels: Internet & workstation facilities on select trains.

o WiFi in A1, A category stations and in select trains.

o Railways university for technical and non-technical subjects.

o Some stations to be developed to international standards through PPP model.

o Parcel traffic to be segregated to separate terminals to make passenger traffic unhindered.

o Loss per passenger per kilometre up from 10 per cent in 2000-01 to 23 per cent in 2012-13.

o Solar energy to be tapped at major stations.

o Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for 2014-15.

o Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176 crore. FDI limits

Defence - Raised to 49% from 26% Pension - 49%

Insurance - Raised to 49% from 26% Print Media - 26%

Civil Aviation - 49% Public Sec. Banks - 20%

Private Sec. Banks - 74% Multi Brand - 51%

Single Brand - 100% Tourism - 100%


Agriculture- 100% Airlines/Aviation 49%

Tourism- 100% Special Economic Zones- 100%

Census 2011 This was the 15th Census of India (7th Census after Independence).

Slogan - Our census, Our Future Present Registrar General and Census Commissioner - C. Chandra Mouli India's 1st Census - 1872 2011 Census is - 15th Census Total Population - 1,21,01,93,422 India's Rank in population - 2nd with 17.5% (1st China with 19%) Most Populous State - Uttar Pradesh Least Populous State - Sikkim Most Literate State - Kerala (93.9%) Least Literate State - Bihar (63.82%) National Sex Ratio - Female : Male (940 : 1000) Highest Sex Ratio (State) - Kerala (1084 : 1000) Lowest Sex Ratio (State) - Haryana Highest Sex Ratio (UT) - Puducherry Least Sex Ratio (UT) - Damn & Dayyu (61 : 1000) Literacy of Male - 82.14% Literacy of Female - 74.04% Population Growth Rate - 17.64% Highest fertility Rate - Meghalaya Most literate union territory - Lakshadweep (92.2%) Least literate Union Territory - Dadra Nagar & Haweli Most Literate District - Serechhip (Mizoram) Least Literate District - Dadra Naga & Haveli Highest Density of Population - Bihar (1102 sq.km) Lowest Density of Population - Arunachal Pradesh (17) Total number of districts - 640 Highest Populous District - Thane (Mumbai) 100% Literacy District - Palakkad (Kerala) 100% Banking State - Kerala 100% Banking District - Palakkad (Kerala) Density of Population in India - 382 sq. km Increase in population (during 2001-2011) - 181 million

Committees

Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods : The committee headed by AK Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna).

JS Mathur committee : to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmarts lobbying activities to enter India. MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank.


SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal output.

K M Chandrasekhar Committee for rationalization of foreign investment norms. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and

Foreign Institutional Investment (FII). Janakiraman Committee To investigate the security transactions of the bank. RS Gujral Committee suggest measures to boost MSME exports. MS Ahluwalia committee to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University. Sitakant Mahapatra committee- for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of

constitution. N R Narayana Murthy committee for evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher

Education. C Rangarajan committee for poverty scale estimates in the country. MB Shah committee for inspection of illegal mining activities. N Rangachary committee to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector. Parthasarathi Shome committee implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule). Deepak Parekh committee for Financing Infrastructure sector. Naresh Chandra committee 14 member task force on security issues. Bhandari Committee Reconstruction of RRBs.

Summits

6th BRICS summit It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle. Host city was Fortaleza. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was a special guest of the summit. Date- 14 July 201416 July 2014 Core BRICS members Brazil Dilma Rousseff President Russia Vladimir Putin President India Narendra Modi Prime Minister China Xi Jinping President South Africa Jacob Zuma President

Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit Held in Sydney On- 18 July 2014 Chaired by- Richard Goyder, Managing Director and CEO of Wesfarmers. The business leaders of G20 met in this summit.

SAARC Monsoon Initiative Programme National Working Group Organised in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh The monsoon initiative is the part of Thimphu Statement on Climate Change adopted at the16th SAARC summit in Thimphu in 2010. Held on 20 June 2014


Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) Japan Conference Held in Tokyo Date- 17 June 2014 The two-day Conference was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

ATOMEXPO-2014 Nuclear Energy Forum

Date- 9 to 11 June 2014 Held in Moscow The first ATOMEXPO was held in 2009 and is an initiative of Russias State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom.

40th G-7 summit 2014 Held in- Brussels Date- 4 June 2014 5 June 2014 It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit. Originally, a G8 summit was scheduled to take place in Sochi (Russia) in early June 2014 under a Russian presidency. Due to the Russian Federation's violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the G7 leaders decided to meet in Brussels on 4-5 June 2014 in the G7 format instead.

BIMSTEC Summit 3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar) 4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal.

THE LIST OF NEWLY APPOINTED CABINET MINISTERS: 1. Rajnath Singh: Home Minster 2. Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs & Overseas Indian Affairs 3. Arun Jaitley: Finance Corporate Affairs & Defence 4. M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Parliamentary Affairs 5. Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways Shipping + Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water and Sanitation Note: Nitin Jairam Gadkari given additional charge of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water and Sanitation as Gopinath Munde died in Road accident. 6. D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Railways 7. Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 8. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs 9. Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 10. Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 11. Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines & Steel Labour and Employment 12. Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs 13. Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture 14. Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment 15. Smriti Zubin Irani: Human Resource Development 16. Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare 17. Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child Development 18. Ananthkumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers


19. Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology & Law and Justice 20. Ashok Gajapathi Raju: Civil Aviation 21. Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 22. Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries New Governors appointed for some states-

1. Kalyan Singh- Rajasthan Governor

2. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala- Karnataka Governor

3. Ch. Vidyasagar Rao- Maharashtra Governor

4. Mridula Sinha- Goa Governor 5. Ram Naik will be the new Governor of Uttar Pradesh 6. Balramji Dass Tandon, the Governor of Chhattisgarh. 7. Keshari Nath Tripathi, former UP Assembly speaker, has been appointed as the Governor of

West Bengal 8. Om Prakash Kohli, former Delhi BJP chief, will be the new Governor of Gujarat. 9. Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has been appointed as Nagaland Governor.

Note: The President has accepted the resignation of Vakkom Purushothaman, as Governor of Tripura and given additional charge to Mr. Acharya. BANKS HEAD OFFICE & CMD

Name of the Bank Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Bharatiya Mahila Bank Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab and Sindh Bank Punjab National Bank State Bank of India Syndicate Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India UCO Bank Vijaya Bank

Head Office Kolkata Hyderabad Baroda Mumbai Pune New Delhi Bengaluru Mumbai Mangalore Mumbai Chennai Chennai New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi Mumbai Manipal Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata Bangalore

CMD Rakesh Sethi C.V.R. Rajendran S.S. Mundra Vijayalakshmi R Iyer Narendra Singh Usha Ananthasubrahamiam Rajiv Kishore Dubey Shri Rajeev Rishi Shri Sadhu Ram Bansal Shri Ashwani Kumar T.M.Bhasin M. Narendra S.L.Bansal Shri Devender pal singh K.R. Kamath Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya Shri Sudhir Kumar Jain Shri Arun Tiwari --------- Arun Kaul Shri.V Kannan


TAG LINES OF Public Sector Banks in India

State Bank Group Pure banking nothing else; With you all the way

Allahabad Bank A tradition of trust

Andhra Bank Much more to do, with YOU in focus

Bank of Baroda Indias international bank

Bank of India Relationships beyond banking

Bank of Maharashtra One family one bank

Canara Bank Together We Can

Central Bank of India Build A Better Life Around Us

Corporation Bank Prosperity for All

Dena Bank Trusted Family Bank

IDBI Bank Banking for All

Indian Bank Taking banking technology to the common man

Indian Overseas Bank Good people to grow with

Oriental Bank of Commerce Where every individual is committed

Punjab National Bank A Name you can Bank Upon

Syndicate Bank Your faithful & friendly financial partner

UCO Bank Honours Your Trust

Union Bank of India Good People to Bank with

United Bank of India The Bank that begins with U

Vijaya Bank A Friend You can Bank Upon

TAG LINES OF PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA

Axis Bank Everything is the same except the name

Bank of Rajasthan Dare to dream

Catholic Syrian Bank Support all the way

Centurion Bank of Punjab To rejoice working, join us

City Union Bank Trust and Excellence since 1904

Dhanalakshmi Bank Tann. Mann. Dhan.

Federal Bank Your perfect banking partner

HDFC Bank We understand your world

ICICI Bank Hum hain na!!

IndusInd Bank We Make You Feel Richer

ING Vysya Bank Jiyo easy

Jammu & Kashmir Bank Serving to Empower

Karnataka Bank Your family bank across India

Karur Vysya Bank Smart way to bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank Lets make money simple

Laxmi Vilas Bank The Changing Face of Prosperity

Nainital Bank Banking with personal touch

Saraswat Bank Service to the Common Man!

South Indian Bank Experience Next Generation Banking

Yes Bank Experience our expertise


OSCAR AWARD 2014:

Best Film - 12 Years a Slave Directed by Steve McQueen Best Actor - Matthew McConaughey for: Dallas Buyers Club Best Actress -Cate Blanchett for: Blue Jasmine Best Director -Alfonso Cuarn for Gravity Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto for: Dallas Buyers Club Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy) Note: "Gravity" pulled in 7 Oscars, including best director, at the 86th Academy Awards on

March 2, 2014.

61st National Film Awards:

Best Film: 'Ship of Theseus' Director Anand Gandhi Best Actor: Rajkumar Rao for 'Shahid' and Suraj Venjaramudu and Venajaramoodu for

Malayalam movie 'Perariyathavar' Best Actress: Geetanjali Thapa for Liars Dice Best Director Award: Pranjal Dua for 'Chidiya Ud' (Hindi) Best Popular Film providing Wholesome Entertainment: 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' Best Film on Social Issues: 'Tojia Dharm Kauncha' Best Non Feature Film: 'Rangbhoomi' Best Supporting Actor: Saurabh Shukla, 'Jolly LLB' Note: 'Cinema Ka Cinema' got the Best Book on Cinema, while the Best Film Critic award went

to Alka Sahania Director of Film 'Shahid' Hansal Mehta Director of Film 'Jolly LLB' Subhash Kapoor Director of Film Liars Dice Geetu Mohandas

15th IIFA Awards-

Best Picture - Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra- BhaagMilkha Bhaag Best Direction - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Performance in a Leading Role (Male) - Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Performance in a Leading Role (Female) - Deepika Padukone - Chennai Express Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) - Aditya Roy Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Diwani Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) - Divya Dutta - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Performance in a Comic Role - Arshad Warsi - Jolly LLB Performance in a Negative Role - Rishi Kapoor -D-Day Music Direction - Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari,Jeet Ganguly - Aashiqui 2 Best Story - Prasoon Joshi - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Lyrics Writer - Mithoon - Song (Tum Hi Ho) - Aashiqui 2 Playback Singer (Male) - Arijit Singh Song (Tum Hi Ho) - Aashiqui 2 Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghoshal- Song (Sunn Raha Hai) Aashiqui2 Best Debutant Male Dhanush Raanjhanaa Best Debutant Female - Vani Kapoor - Shudh Desi Romance Outstanding Contribution by An Indian in the US - Drs. Kiran & Pallavi Patel


Entertainer of the year - Deepika Padukone Outstanding Contribution To International Cinema -John Travolta Lifetime Achievement - Shatrughan Sinha

Winners at 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013

Best Actor in Leading Role (Male)- Farhan Akhtar ( Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best Actor in Leading Role (Female)- Deepika Padukone (Ram-leela)

Best Film- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Director- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best Debut Director- Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)

Best Debut (Male)- Dhanush (Raanjhanaa)

Best Debut (Female)- Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi Romance)

Critics Award for Best Film- The Lunchbox

Critics Award for Best Actor (Male)- Rajkummar Rao ( Shahid)

Critics Award for Best Actor (Female)- Shilpa Shukla (BA Pass)

The Sony Trendsetter Award- Chennai Express

The Lifetime Achievement Award- Tanuja

Best Dialogue Award- Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)

Best Screenplay Award- Chetan Bhagat, Abhishek Kapoor, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudhari (Kai Po Che!)

Best Story Award- Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)- Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox)

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female)- Supriya Pathak Kapur (Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela)

Best Lyrics Award- Prasoon Joshi - Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best Music Award- Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon & Ankit Tiwari (Aashiqui 2)

RD Burman Award for Upcoming New Music Talent- Siddharth Mahadevan

Best Playback singer (Male)- Arijit Singh - Tum hi ho (Aashiqui 2)

Best Playback Singer (Female) Award- Monali Thakur - Sawaar loon (Lootera)

Best Choreographer Award- Samir and Arsh Tanna - Lahu muh lag gaya (Goliyon Ki Raasleel Ram-leela)

Best Background Score Award- Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po Che)

Best Action Award- Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan (D Day)

Best Cinematography Award- Kamaljit Negi (Madras Cafe)

Best Editing Award- Aarif Sheikh ( D-Day)

Best Production Design Award- Acropolis Design (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best Sound Design Award- Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjan Samar (Madras Cafe)

Best Costume Award- Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best VFX Award- Tata Elxis (Dhoom:3) BOOKS & Authors:

Not Just an Accountant Former CAG Vinod Rai A book titled Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job? - Faraz Ahmad. Gujarats success story in Water Management - Sriram Vedire


Munger through the Ages - late DP Yadav Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan - Daman Singh One Life is Not Enough- Natwar Singh The Lives of Others- Neel Mukherji The Vijay Mallya Story- K Giriprakash The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmoha. n Singh- Sanjaya Baru Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths - PC Parakh Hard Choices authored by Hillary Rodham Clinton Author Rakhshanda Jalil on 11 March 2014 released a book titled A Rebel And Her Cause: Life

and Work. The candidate was written by Indian Journalist Anirudh Bhattacharya. Arctic Summer written by Novelist Damon Galgut A book entitled A Stamp is Born authored by C. R. Pakrashi A book My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written by R.D.Pradhan. A book Post Haste: Quintessential India written by B.G. Verghese Book entitled India Junction A Window to the Nation was released by Arunendra Kumar, the

Chairman of Railway Board. Shekhar Guptas book entitled Anticipating India - The best of national interest was released. Getting India Back on track-an action agenda for reform- edited by Bibek Debroy, Ashley Tellis &

Reece Trevor. Biography of Dilip Kumar, entitled The Substance and the Shadow was released in Mumbai.

The biography has been penned by Uday Tara Nayar. The book titled Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World- T V Paul A Bad Character - Deepti Kapoor. Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas- Edward Klein Pranab Mukherjee received first copy of a coffee-table book titled First Citizen: Pranab

Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan that was released.

Days Celebration List January January 1 --------- Global Family Day January 15 --------- Army Day January 23 --------- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary January 26 --------- Republic Day January 26 --------- International Customs day January 28 --------- Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai January 28 --------- Data Protection Day January 30 --------- World Leprosy Eradication Day February February 4 --------- World Cancer Day February 5 --------- Kashmir Day February 6 --------- International Day against Female Genital Mutilation


February 12 --------- Darwin Day February 12 --------- World Day of the Sick February 14 --------- Valentines Day February 20 --------- World Day of Social Justice February 21 --------- International Mother Language Day February 22 --------- World Scout Day February 23 --------- World Peaces and Understanding Day March March 4 --------- World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation March 8 --------- International Womens' Day March 13 --------- World Kidney Day March 13 --------- World Rotaract Day March 15 --------- World Consumer Rights Day March 20 --------- International Day of the Francophonie March 20 --------- World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People March 21 --------- World Sleep Day March 21 --------- World Forestry Day March 21 --------- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. March 22 --------- World Water Day March 23 --------- World Meteorological Day March 24 --------- World TB Day March 24 --------- International Day for Achievers March 27 --------- World Drama Day April April 2 --------- World Austism Awareness Day April 7 --------- World Health Day April 17 --------- World Haemophilia Day April 18 --------- World heritage Day April 22 --------- Earth Day April 23 --------- World Book and Copyright Day April 25 --------- World Malaria Day April 29 --------- International Dance Day May May 1 --------- International Labour day May 3 --------- Press Freedom Day May 4 --------- Coal Miners day May 8 --------- World Red Cross day May 9 --------- - Victory Day May 11 --------- National Technology Day May 12 --------- International Nurses day May 14 --------- World Migratory day May 15 --------- International Day of the Family May 17 --------- World Information Society Day May 21 --------- Anti-Terrorism Day


May 31 --------- World No Tobacco Day June June 4 --------- International day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression June 5 --------- World Environment Day June 7 --------- International Level Crossing Awareness Day June 8 --------- World oceans Day June 12 --------- World Day against Child Labour June 14 --------- World Blood Donor day June 17 --------- World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought June 20 --------- World Refugee Day June 23 --------- United Nations Public Service Day June 23 --------- International widow's day June 26 --------- International Day against Drug Abuse and IIlicit Trafficking June 27 --------- International Diabetes Day July July 1 --------- National doctor's Day July 11 --------- World Population Day July 12 --------- Malala Day July 18 --------- Nelson Mandela International Day July 28 --------- World Nature Conservation day July 30 --------- International Day of Friendship August August 3 --------- Independence Day of Niger August 5 --------- Independence Day of Upper Volta August 9 --------- International day of the World's Indigenous People August 12 --------- International Youth Day August 15 --------- Independence Day (India ) August 23 --------- Internatinal Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition August 29 --------- National Sports Day ( Birthday of Dhyan Chand ) September September 5 --------- Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's Birth Day) September 7 --------- Forgiveness Day September 8 --------- International Literacy Day September 14 --------- Hindi day,World First Aid Day September 16 --------- World Ozone Day September 21 --------- International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer's day September 25 --------- Social Justice Day September 27 --------- World Tourism Day October October 1 --------- International Day of Older Persons


October 2 --------- International day of Non-Violence October 3 --------- World Nature Day, World Habitat Day October 4 --------- World Animal Day October 5 --------- World Teacher's Day October 8 --------- Indian Airforce Day October 9 --------- World Post Day October 11 --------- International Girl Child Day October 12 --------- World Arthritis Day October 14 --------- World Standards Day October 15 --------- World Students Day October 16 --------- World Food day October 17 --------- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty October 20 --------- World Statistics Day October 24 --------- United Nations Day October 31 --------- World Thrift Day November November 1 --------- world vegan Day November 5 --------- World Radiography Day November 9 --------- World Services Day November 14 --------- Children's Day ( Birth Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru ) November 16 --------- International Day for Endurance November 17 --------- International students Day November 17 --------- National Journalism Day November 18 --------- World Adult Day November 19 --------- World Citizen Day November 20 --------- Universal Children's Day November 21 --------- World Television Day November 21 --------- World Fisheries day November 25 --------- World Non-veg Day November 26 --------- Law Day November 30 -------- Flag Day December December 1 --------- World AIDS Day December 2 --------- World Computer Literacy Day December 2 --------- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery December 3 --------- International Day of People with Disability December 3 --------- World Conservation Day December 4 --------- Navy Day December 7 --------- International Civil Aviation Day December 9 --------- The International Day Against Corruption December 10 --------- International Day of Broadcasting December 10 --------- Human Rights Day December 11 --------- International Mountain Day December 14 --------- World Energy Day December 18 --------- International Migrants Day December 19 --------- Goa's Liberation Day December 20 --------- International Human Solidarity Day December 29 --------- International Biodiversity Day


Current Governors of various states and union territories

State Name

Andhra Pradesh E. S. L. Narasimhan

Arunachal Pradesh Nirbhay Sharma

Assam Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

Bihar D. Y. Patil

Chhattisgarh Balramji Das Tandon

Goa Mridula Sinha

Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli

Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki

Himachal Pradesh Urmila Singh

Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra

Jharkhand Syed Ahmed

Karnataka Vajubhai Vala

Kerala Sheila Dikshit

Madhya Pradesh Ram Naresh Yadav

Maharashtra C Vidyasagar Rao

Manipur Vinod Kumar Duggal

Meghalaya Krishan Kant Paul

Mizoram K. Sankaranarayanan

Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya

Odisha S. C. Jamir

Punjab Shivraj Patil

Rajasthan Kalyan Singh

Sikkim Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

Tamil Nadu K. Rosaiah

Telangana E. S. L. Narasimhan

Tripura Padmanabha Acharya

Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik

Uttarakhand Aziz Qureshi

West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi


Office and union territory (past officeholders)

Name

Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

A. K. Singh

Administrator of Chandigarh

Shivraj Patil

Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

B. S. Bhalla

Administrator of Daman and Diu

B. S. Bhalla

Lieutenant Governor of Delhi

Najeeb Jung

Administrator of Lakshadweep

H. Rajesh Prasad

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry A. K. Singh

Chief Ministers of states in India

State Name

Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu

Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki

Assam Tarun Gogoi

Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi

Chhattisgarh Raman Singh

Delhi Vacant[c] (President's rule)

Goa Manohar Parrikar

Gujarat Anandiben Patel

Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh

Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah

Jharkhand Hemant Soren

Karnataka Siddaramaiah

Kerala Oommen Chandy

Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan


Countries and their Capitals-

Afghanistan ----- Kabul

Albania ----- Tirana

Algeria ------ Algiers

Andorra ------- Andorra la Vella

Angola ------- Luanda

Argentina ------ Buenos Aires

Armenia ------- Yerevan

Australia ------- Canberra

Austria ------ Vienna

Azerbaijan, Republic ----- Baku (Baki)

Bahrain ----- Manama

Bangladesh ------ Dhaka

Barbados ------- Bridgetown

Belarus ----- Minsk

Belgium ------ Brussels

Bhutan ------ Thimphu

Brazil ------ Brasilia

Brunei -------- Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria ------ Sofia

Burundi ------ Bujumbura

Cambodia ----- Phnom Penh

Canada ----- Ottawa

Chile ------ Santiago

China ------ Beijing

Colombia ------ Santa Fe de Bogot

Costa Rica ----- San Jose

Croatia ------ Zagreb

Cuba ------ Havana

Cyprus ------ Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Czech Republic ------- Prague

Denmark ------ Copenhagen

Dominica ----- Roseau

Dominican Republic ------ Santo

Domingo

Ecuador ------ Quito

Egypt ------ Cairo

El Salvador ----- San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea -------- Malabo

Ethiopia ------ Addis Ababa

Fiji ------ Suva (Viti Levu)

Finland ------ Helsinki

France ------- Paris

Gabon ------- Libreville

Gambia ------ Banjul

Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh

Meghalaya Mukul Sangma

Mizoram Pu Lalthanhawla

Nagaland T. R. Zeliang

Odisha Naveen Patnaik

Puducherry N. Rangaswamy

Punjab Parkash Singh Badal

Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje

Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling

Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa

Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao

Tripura Manik Sarkar

Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav

Uttarakhand Harish Rawat

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee


Germany -------- Berlin

Ghana ---- Accra

Greece ------ Athens

Grenada ----- Saint George's East

Caribbean

Guatemala ----- Guatemala City

Guinea ------ Conakry

Guyana ------ Georgetown

Hungary ------ Budapest

Iceland ------- Reykjavik

India ------ New Delhi

Indonesia ----- Jakarta

Iran ----- Tehran

Iraq ----- Baghdad

Ireland ------ Dublin

Israel ------ Jerusalem

Italy ------ Rome

Jamaica ------ Kingston

Japan ----- Tokyo

Jordan ------- Amman

Kazakhstan ------ Astana

Kenya ------ Nairobi

Kiribati ------- South Tarawa

Korea, North ------- Pyongyang

Korea, South ------ Seoul

Kuwait ------ Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan ------ Bishkek

Latvia ------ Riga

Lebanon ----- Beirut

Lesotho ------ Maseru

Liberia ------ Monrovia

Libya ----- Tripoli

Lithuania ------ Vilnius

Luxembourg ------ Luxembourg Ville

Madagascar ---- Antananarivo

Malawi ------- Lilongwe

Malaysia ------ Kuala Lumpur

Mali ------ Bamako

Malta ------ Valletta

Marshall Islands ------ Majuro

Mexico ------ Mexico City (Distrito

States of Moldova ------ Chisinau

Monaco ------ Monaco Ville

Mongolia ------- Ulaanbaatar

Morocco ------ Rabat

Mozambique ------- Maputo

Serbia ----- Belgrade

Seychelles ------ Victoria

Sierra Leone ------- Freetown

Singapore ----- Singapore

Slovakia ------- Bratislava

Slovenia ------- Ljubljana

Solomon Islands ----- Honiara

Somalia ------ Mogadishu

South Africa ------ Pretoria

Spain ----- Madrid

Sri Lanka ----- Colombo

Sudan ----- Khartoum

Sweden ------ Stockholm

Switzerland ----- Bern

Syria ------ Damascus

Taiwan ----- Taipei

Tajikistan ------ Dushanbe

Tanzania ------ Dar es Salaam

Thailand ------- Bangkok

Togo ----- Lome

Trinidad and Tobago ------ Port-of-Spain

Tunisia ------ Tunis

Turkey ----- Ankara

Uganda ------- Kampala

Ukraine ------ Kiev

United Arab Emirates ------- Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom ------ London

United States ------- Washington, DC

Uruguay ----- Montevideo

Uzbekistan -------Tashkent (Toshkent)

Vatican City ------ Vatican City

Venezuela ------ Caracas

Vietnam ------ Hanoi

Yemen ---- Sana

Zambia ------- Lusaka

Zimbabwe -------- Harare


INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION & HEADQUARTERS:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD - Geneva United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund UNICEF - New York Food and Agriculture Organization FAO - Rome International Atomic Energy Authority IAEA - Vienna International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IBRD - Washington International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO - Montreal International Development Association IDA - Washington International Finance Corporation IFC - Washington International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD - Rome International Labor Organization ILO - Geneva International Maritime Organization IMO - London International Monetary Fund IMF - Washington International Telecommunications Union ITU - Geneva United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO - Paris Universal Postal Union UPU - Berne World Health Organization WHO - Geneva World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Geneva African Development Bank ADB - Abidjan (C te dIvoire) Asian Clearing Union ACU - Teheran Asian Development Bank ADB Manila South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC Kathmandu (Nepal) West African Economic Community WAEC - Ouagadougou United Nations UN - New York

COUNTRIES , WHICH ARE IN NEWS RECENTLY & THEIR CURRENCY:

Canada- Canadian dollar Bangladesh- bangladeshi taka UK- british pound Germany- euro Japan - yen China- yuan South Korea- won Ukraine- Ukranian hryvnia North Korea- won France- franc Pakistan- Pakistani rupee Sri Lanka- Sri Lankan rupee Russia- ruble Guinea- franc Bhutan Bhutanese ngultrum and Indian rupee Columbia- peso Israel- new shekel USA- dollar


Egypt - pound Vetican City- euro Lithuania- litas Syria- pound Spain- euro Malawi- kwacha Belarus- ruble Kazakhastan- tenge Mauritius Mauritian rupee Thailand- Thai baht Qatar- riyal Moldova- leu Georgia- lari

FIFA World Cup

o Hosted By- Brazil o Dates- 12 June 13 July 2014 (32 days) o Teams- 32 (from 5 confederations) o Venues- 12 (in 12 host cities) o Champion- Germany (4th title) o Runners-up- Argentina o Top scorer(s)- James Rodrguez(6 goals), Colombia o Best player- Lionel Messi, Argentina o Best young player- Paul Pogba, France o Best goalkeeper- Manuel Neuer, Germany

Commonwealth Games 2014

Host city- Glasgow, Scotland Motto- People, Place, Passion Nations participating- 71 Commonwealth Teams Athletes participating- 4,947 Events- 261 in 18 sports Opening ceremony- 23 July 2014 Closing ceremony- 3 August 2014 Officially opened by- Elizabeth II Queen's Baton Final Runner- Sir Chris Hoy Main venue- Celtic Park (opening ceremony) and Hampden Park (closing ceremony)

Folk Dances

Bathakamma-A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. Bhangra-This is a folk dance from the Northwest Indian state of Punjab. It is a lively, powerful

dance. Bihu- Bihu is a folk dance from Assam. It is a very brisk and aggressive dance performed by both

boys and girls.


Changu- The changu dance is a folk dance found in Odissa and Andhra Pradesh. It derives its name from the changu, which is a simple tambourine (daf) that is used to accompany this dance.

Dandaria- A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. Dhamal- 1) A folk dance of Punjab. 2) A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh Gair- This is a dance of Rajasthan. It is performed by groups of dancers moving in and out with

an almost military precision. Garba- This is a folk dance from Gujarat. It is traditionally danced at marriages and during the

time of Navaratri. Gatka- A folk dance utilising swords, daggers, or sticks performed in the Punjab Ghoomar- This is a folk dance of Rajasthan. It derives its name from its characteristic pirouettes. Gobbi- A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. Karagam- This is a folk dance of Tamil Nadu. It is played with a pot balanced on the head. Raas- This is a folk dance from Gujarat. It is traditionally danced at marriages and during the

time of Navaratri. Yaksha Gana-This is a folk theatre from the south Indian state of Karnataka.

Important dams in India

o Cheruthoni Dam: Cheruthoni Dam, the largest concrete gravity dam in Kerala. o Indira Sagar Dam: Indira sagar dam built on the Narmada river with a height of 92m in Madhya

Pradesh. o Krishnarajasagar Dam: Krishnarajasagar dam built across Kaveri River near Mysore in Karnataka. o Mettur Dam: Mettur Dam built across Kaveri River at Salem district in Tamil Nadu with a height

of 120 ft. o Bisalpur Dam: The greatest dam of Rajasthan-Bisalpur, located in Tonk District of Rajasthan. o Koyna Dam: Koyna Dam is built across river koyana in Koyna Naga Maharashtra with a height of

103m. o Maithon Dam: Maithon Dam is built on the river of Barakar located at Maithon and is a big dam

in tribal state Jharkhand. o Rihand Dam: The Rihand dam has been built across Rihand River a tributary of Sone river, near

Pipri in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. o TungaBhadra Dam: TungaBhadra dam is constructed across river Tungabhadra, a tributary of

River Krishna, located in Karnataka. o Bhavanisagar Dam: The Bhavani Sagar Dam constructed across Bhavani river, is located 80 Km

away from Coimbatore city, Tamil Nadu. o Tehri Dam- built on Bhagirathi river in Uttarkhand. o Bhakra Nangal Dam- built on Sutlej river in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. o Hirakud Dam- built on Mahanadi river in Orissa. o NagarjunaSagar Dam- built on Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh o Sardar Sarovar Dam- built on Narmada river in Gujarat.

Crop seasons

Rabi- The rabi crops are grown between the months mid November to April. The main Rabi crop is wheat.

Kharif- Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the south-west monsoon season.


Zaid- In the short duration between Rabi and Kharif crop season, mainly from March to June, are called Zaid crops.

Cups & Trophy National

Agarwal Cup : Badminton Agha Khan Cup : Hockey All-India Women's Guru Nanak

Championship : Hockey Bandodkar Trophy : Football Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup :

Basketball Barna-Bellack Cup : Table Tennis Beighton Cup : Hockey Bombay Gold Cup : Hockey Burdwan Trophy : Weight-lifting Charminar Trophy : Athletics Chadha Cup : Badminton C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket Chakoia Gold Trophy : Football Divan Cup : Badminton Deodhar Trophy : Cricket Duleep Trophy : Cricket D. C. M. Cup : Football Durand Cup : Football Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy : Football

(Junior) Ezra Cup : Polo F. A. Cup : Football G. D. Birla Trophy : Cricket Ghulam Ahmed Trophy : Cricket Gurmeet Trophy : Hockey Gura Nanak Cup : Hockey Gyanuati Devi Trophy : Hockey Holkar Trophy : Bridge lrani Trophy : Cricket I. F. A. Shield : Football lndira Gold Cup : Hockey Jawaharlal Challenge : Air Racing Jaswant Singh Trophy : Best Services

Sportsman

Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy : Hockey

Lady Rattan Tata Trophy : Hockey MCC Trophy : Hockey Moinuddaula Gold Cup : Cricket Murugappa Gold Cup : Hockey Modi Gold Cup : Hockey Narang Cup : Badminton Nehru Trophy : Hockey Nixan Gold Cup : Football Obaid Ullah Gold Cup : Hockey Prithi Singh Cup : Polo Rani Jhansi Trophy : Cricket Ranjit Trophy : Cricket Rangaswami Cup : Hockey Ranjit Singh Gold Cup : Hockey Rajendra Prasad Cup : Tennis Ramanujan Trophy : Table Tennis Rene Frank Trophy : Hockey Radha Mohan Cup : Polo Raghbir Singh Memorial : Football Rohinton Baria Trophy : Cricket Rovers Cup : Football Sanjay Gold Cup : Football Santosh Trophy : Football Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee : Football Subroto Cup : Football Scindia Gold Cup : Hockey Sahni Trophy : Hockey Sheesh Mahal Trophy : Cricket Todd Memorial Trophy : Football Tommy Eman Gold Cup : Hockey Vittal Trophy : Football Vizzy Trophy : Cricket Vijay Merchant Trophy : Cricket Wellington Trophy : Rowing Wills Trophy : Cricket


International

American Cup : Yacht Racing Ashes : Cricket Benson and Hedges : Cricket Canada Cup : Golf Colombo Cup : Football Corbitton Cup : Table Tennis (Women) Davis Cup : Lawn Tennis Derby : Horse Race Grand National : Horse Streple Chase Race Jules Rimet Trophy : World Soccer Cup King's Cup : Air Races Merdeka Cup : Football Rydet Cup : Golf Swaythling Cup : Table Tennis (Men) Thomas Cup : Badminton U. Thant Cup : Tennis

Uber Cup : Badminton (Women) Walker Cup : Golf Westchester Cup : Polo Wightman Cup : Lawn Tennis World Cup : Cricket World Cup : Hockey Reliance Cup : Cricket Rothman's Trophy : Cricket William's Cup : Basketball European Champions Cup : Football Eisenhower Cup : Golf Essande Champions Cup : Hockey Rene Frank Trophy : Hockey Grand Prix : Table Tennis Edgbaston Cup : Lawn Tennis Grand Prix : Lawn Tennis

Sports news

President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 6th Edition of KKM Rural Football Tournament at Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

Ragala Venkat Rahul won first medal for India at 2nd Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China by winning a silver medal in 77 kg category.

Hockey India added Hockey Madhya Pradesh as its 23rd associate member. With this, Hockey Madhya Pradesh.

Max Verstappen of Netherlands will become the youngest Formula One (F1) driver in the F1 history when he will compete for the 2015 season.

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced that Jammu and Kashmir will host Football Federation Cup in August 2015

England won the 5-match Pataudi Trophy test-series played against India by 3-1. England achieved the feat after defeating India.

Roger Federer won the won Cincinnati Tennis Open title after defeating David Ferrer 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. This was 80th career title for Federer.

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan batsman and a former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team.

Real Madrid FC won the UEFA Football Super Cup, the first European silverware of the season by defeating Sevilla Football Club, 2-0 in Cardiff, Wales.

R Ashwin was ranked number one Test all-rounder in ICC Test team rankings, while Indian team slipped to fourth position in the rankings.

Indian Mens Hockey team won the three-match hockey series against Bangladesh, 3-0 in Dhaka. Three-time Olympian and former Hockey Captain Ajitpal Singh was selected as the Chairman of

the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee. Olympic Gold medalist Abhinav Bindra on 25 July 2014 won the Gold medal in Mens 10-m Air

Rifle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany on 20 July 2014 won the 2014 German Grand Prix.


The 127th edition of the Durand Cup Football Tournament will be held in Goa from 28th October 2014 to 9th November 2014.

Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean doubles partner Cara Black achieved a career-best rank of number five in the world.

Czech left-hander Petra Kvitova won the 2014 Wimbledon women singles title by defeating Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0.

Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4 to win his second Mens Wimbledon title. His first title was claimed in 2011.

ISSF ranked Indian shooter Jitu Rai as worlds number 1 in the men's 10m air pistol category. Indian cueist, Pankaj Advani won his maiden IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh

in Egypt by defeating Kacper Flilpiak of Poland. Saina Nehwal won 750000 US dollar Australian Open Super Series by defeating Carolina Marin of

Spain in straight-game played at Sydney. Indian Olympic Association announced the dates of 35th National Games. The games will be

held from 31 January to 14 February 2015 in Kerala. The in-exile-President of BCCI, N Srinivasan has been appointed as the first Chairperson of ICC

for a period of two years from 2014 to 2016. Magnus Carlsen on 18 June 2014 bagged the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship title in

Dubai. India won the Bangladesh series 2-0. The third and final ODI was abandoned due to incessant

rain in Mirpur, near Dhaka. Australia won the Mens hockey World Cup title 2014 for second successive time. Netherlands won the Womens World Cup 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands. Rafael Nadal won the French Open title 2014 for the ninth time. KKR won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 by defeating KXIP by three wickets

in the final played at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany on 25 May 2014 won Monaco Grand Prix of Formula

One. China won 2014 Uber Cup title of badminton. Japan won 2014 Thomas Cup badminton. Japan won AFC Women's Asian Cup title against Australia in Vietnam on 25 May 2014. Novak Djokovic won the Men's Italian Tennis Open 2014 held in Rome, Italy. Serena Williams of US won the Women's Italian Tennis Open 2014. Russias Maria Sharapova won the Mutua Madrid Open Tennis title by defeating Romanian

Simona Halep 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the finals. Rafael Nadal won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Mutua Madrid Open final after

Kei Nishikori was forced to withdraw with a back injury. Mark Selby of England won World Snooker Championship title 2014 on in Sheffield, England.

Revolutions

Revolution Name Product

Blue Revolution Fisheries

Brown Revolution Leather

Gray Revolution Housing Development

Green Revolution Agriculture


Pink Revolution Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Silver Revolution Egg Production

White Revolution Dairy Development

Yellow Revolution Oil Seed

Black Revolution Petroleum

Golden Fiber Revolution Jute

Golden Revolution Horticulture

Grey Revolution Fertilizer

Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production

Round Revolution Potato

Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton

Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry

Evergreen Revolution Over all Agriculture Development

Awards and honours

Guru Hanuman Akhara, a Delhi-based wrestling academy was chosen for the 2014 Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar (RKPP).

Muzaffar Ali, renowned filmmaker and poet, was presented the 22nd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana award.

Delhi University professor Dr. Sunil Kumar received Global South Award given by International Political Science Association (IPSA).

Manjul Bhargava, an Indian-origin mathematician was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal at the IMU International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul.

President conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards on Arun Jaitley, Dr Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav in New Delhi.

Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd bagged the Core Banking System Initiative Award for the year 2014 at the Asian Banking and Finance - Retail Banking Awards 2014.

East Bengal Club conferred its highest honour of merit, Bharat Gaurav to Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman mountaineer to scale Mount Everest.

The Indian Contingent won five medals in 45th International Physics Olympiad (IPHO2014) held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Chandi Prasad Bhatt an acclaimed environmentalist and social activist has been awarded with the prestigious Gandhi Peace prize for 2013.

Four India-born Americans were honoured on the eve of US Independence Day on 4 July 2014 for their contributions to the US.

Shah Rukh Khan was conferred with top French civilian award Knight of the Legion of Honor. Malala Yousafzai won the 2014 Liberty Medal from National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia,

the largest city in the US State of Pennsylvania. Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik won the People's Choice prize at the World Cup of Sand

Sculpting-2014 held in the Atlantic City of the US. Kedarnath Singh, a noted Hindi poet has been chosen for the Jnanpith award for 2013. He is the

10th Hindi writer to receive the honour.


Slaman Rushdie has been named as the winner of 2014 Pen Pinter Prize for his outstanding literary output and support for freedom of expression.

Indian origin physicist Tejinder Virdee was honoured knighthood Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II. Lord Swraj Paul has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by a UK-based

business association. Malayalam writer C Radhakrishnan selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013 for

his novel Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram. Kolkata Airport won Airport Service Quality Award by Airport Council International in the

category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region. Somasundaram (Airports Authority of India) was conferred the prestigious Bharat Ratna JRD

Tata Award 2013 by ASI. IGI of Delhi is the second best airport in the world for its service quality among the airports

handling 25-40 MPPA. Mahindra Group Chairman Anand G Mahindra became the first Indian to receive the prestigious

Harvard Medal. The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari presented the Malti Devi Gyan Peeth Puraskar-2014. Vishwanath Tripathi, eminent Hindi writer awarded the prestigious Vyas Samman 2013. Former President APJ Abdul Kalam awarded honorary degree by Edinburgh University. Indian-American chef Vikaram Sunderam won the prestigious James Beard Awards 2014. Caparo Group won the International Business of the Year award 2014. Arabian travel Market (ATM) awarded India with New Frontiers Award 2014. Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik won the 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press

Freedom Prize. 2014 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award presented to NR Narayana Murthy for his remarkable

vision and leadership in the IT sector. An Indian environmental activist, Ramesh Agrawal won the prestigious Goldman Environmental

Prize that is commonly called as the Green Nobel. John Travolta honoured the Most Popular All Time International Star in India at IIFA awards

Deaths

Noted Malayalam drama and film actor Chemancherry Narayanan Nair died on 25 August 2014 at Chengottukavu in Kozhikode, Kerala. He was 79.

Oscar-winning British filmmaker and actor Richard Attenborough renowned for his critically-acclaimed biopic on Mahatma Gandhi died in London.

Jnanpith awardee and renowned Kannada writer U R Ananthamurthy died in Bangalore. He was 82.

Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Amitava Nandy died on 15 August 2014 in Kolkata.

World-renowned yoga guru Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar died on 20 August 2014. He died at the age of 96.

The founder of Delhi Gymkhana Club Dilbagh Singh died at the age of 81. Daroji Eramma, one of the last exponents of Burra katha died at a private hospital in Bellary,

Karnataka. She was 84. Reshamlal Jangade, the veteran politician and a member of the country's first Lok Sabha from

undivided Madhya Pradesh, died.


Robin Williams, the Oscar-winning actor and comedian died at his home in Tiburon, California. He was 63.

The 1968 Olympic javelin champion of Hungary, Angela Nemeth, died after a long illness. She was 68.

Pran the creator of cartoon character, Chacha died due to cancer of the intestine. He was 75. Theodore Van Kirk, last surviving crewman of the plane that dropped atomic bomb in Hiroshima,

Japan on 6 August 1945 during the World War II died. Madhukar Singh, an eminent Hindi litterateur died at his residence in village Dharahara of

Bhojpur district Classical singer Sushilarani Patel died due to heart attack. She was 96. She was a recipient

Sangeet Natak Academy award in 2002. Bangladeshi freedom fighter UK Ching died at the age of 86. The Bir Bikram awardee died due to

a brain stroke. Veteran Journalist Sundaram Sankaran died on 19 July 2014. He passed away at his residence in

Kensington. American actor James Garner died at the age of 86 in Los Angeles. South African Nobel Prize-winning author, Nadine Gordimer died. She wrote several books, of

which two were banned by apartheid regime. Senior VHP leader, Giriraj Kishore died in New Delhi following prolonged illness. He was 94. Zohra Sehgal died at the age of 102. She was called as the grand old lady of Bollywood due to

her association with it for several decades. Ex-President of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze died after a long illness. He was toppled in 2005

after as a consequence of the bloodless Rose Revolution. The eminent scholar and biographer of Indian Constitution, Granville Austin died in Washington

DC. He died at the age of 87. A 1936 Berlin Olympics distance runner Louis Zamperini died at the age of 97 after a 40-day

battle with pneumonia. Ramanarayanan, Tamil film director and producer died in Singapore at the age of 65. Fernando Lucio da Costa, a former footballer of Brazil died in a helicopter crash in central Brazil. Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in Delhi. Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Sukumari Bhattacharji who had equal grasp over English and

Sanskrit language died. Azlan Shah best known as The Father of Malaysian hockey passed died. American poet and author, Maya Angelou died in North Carolina.She became famous with her

book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1969. American Cinematographer, Gordon Willis died at the age of 82 in Massachusetts, UK. Nuclear scientist, N Srinivasan died on 18 May 2014. Russi Mody, a Padma Bhusan awardee and management guru who headed Tata Steel died in

South Kolkata at the age of 96. Krishnan Nair, founder of Leela Group of Hotels died at the age of 91 in Mumbai. Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker died at the age of 93 due to illness in Chicago.

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